Tag: heart disease
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Geisinger, Pharmas Partner on Diabetes Model
An alliance between the Geisinger Health System and two pharmaceutical companies is developing a computer model to predict long-term health risks of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Risks of E-Cigarette Use, Ingredients Highlighted
Several sessions at a scientific meeting on respiratory diseases report on effects of electronic cigarettes on people’s health, including those who also smoke conventional cigarettes.
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NIH Funds Heart Tissue Regeneration Tests in Pigs
An experimental drug to help grow new heart tissue after a heart attack is advancing to tests in pigs, with help from National Institutes of Health.
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Phone App Found to Measure Heart Health Metrics
A medical engineering team designed a smartphone app that in a clinical study shows it can measure key factors in heart health as accurately as MRI scans.
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Trial Shows Smartphone App Finds More Heart Disease
Results from a clinical trial show an electrocardiogram app on a smartphone detects more cases of irregular heart beats than routine office visits.
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Injectable Patch Designed to Repair Heart Tissue
An injectable soft mesh patch seeded with cardiac cells is shown to fix damaged heart tissue in tests with lab animals, as an alternative to open-heart surgery.
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Patent Set for Peptide Nerve Damage Treatments
The European Patent Office announced its intent to award a patent on treatments for nerve cell damage based on the peptide thymosin beta 4.
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University, Company Employ AI for Anti-Aging Drugs
The medical analytics company Insilico Medicine is partnering with a university in Denmark to apply artificial intelligence to find new treatments for diseases associated with early aging.
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Synthetic Beating Heart Repair Tissue Being Developed
A bioengineering team is developing a synthetic patch that contracts and sends electrical signals to repair heart muscle tissue after a heart attack.
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Start-Up Offering Precise Heart Rhythm Diagnostic
A one year-old company in New York City is developing a device that assesses the severity of heart rhythm problems to prescribe a more precise course of treatment.